Runaway boat slams into house in Florida

It happened Saturday in Lehigh Acres, Fla., near Fort Myers, when a boat on a trailer came unhitched from the vehicle that was towing it, according to witnesses, and veered into a duplex, according to WZVN-TV.

One witness we spoke to says after the boat separated from the tow vehicle, it then crossed a yard and hit the duplex at 4806 Leonard Boulevard.

“I came to the front and there was a boat in the house,” said neighbor Maria Pepin.

Pepin called 9-1-1 and then made an unusual phone call to the owners of the duplex letting them know there was a boat lodged in their house.

No one was home during the accident and the landlord was going to invite the family to stay with her until they could find other living arrangements.